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1. Central Lines in Burn Patients

   Loloberry replied to Loloberry's topic in Burn

   Thank you so much for your response! You just explained what many who I've spoken to have not been able to answer! Most of the answers I've gotten have been along the lines of, "There isn't much research, and we've always done it this way, so...". Th...

2. Central Lines in Burn Patients

   Loloberry replied to Loloberry's topic in Burn

   Thank you! That is very helpful. I am finding some hospitals have wildly different practices for their burn patients as opposed to their non-burn patients. It is interesting that your hospital follows the general SOP! I am trying to determine if rout...

3. Central Lines in Burn Patients

   Loloberry posted a topic in Burn

   Hello everyone, I am a Vascular Access nurse who has been tasked with reviewing a central line policy for a hospital with a burn unit. Burns are not my wheelhouse! Would anybody mind sharing how lines are cared for where you work? Are central li...

4. Military Spouse - Confused about what path to take to become RN

   Loloberry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I am also a military spouse and an RN. I went to nursing school 5 years ago and unfortunately had to live separately from my husband. There was only one school near where he was stationed and it was on the lottery system. I just never won the lottery...

5. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   Loloberry replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   I work at a hospital with a lot of residents who probably need more supervision. I had a patient with a BP of 195/100 or something close to that. The admitting diagnosis was Hypertensive Crisis. The patient was prescribed 6.25 of coreg bid. This didn...

6. Nursing Ratio's in Charleston Area?

   Loloberry replied to Loloberry's topic in South Carolina

   Oh man it sounds like I may be spoiled. The last floor position I had was pcu tele and we only had 5 on really busy days. I love bedside nursing, but I'm not sure how long I can keep this up before I decide the stress isn't worth it.

7. Nursing Ratio's in Charleston Area?

   Loloberry posted a topic in South Carolina

   I have only been in the area four months and in my current position almost three of those months. I accepted a job offer right away because I wasn't sure how good the job market was in the Charleston area. I am definitely not loving this position I a...

8. Trident Medical Center or MUSC?

   Loloberry posted a topic in South Carolina

   Hi everyone! I am new to the area and have two interviews coming up. One is telemetry at Trident. The other opportunity is at MUSC, but is not necessarily what I want do to. Cardiac nursing is my passion. People keep telling me to run away from Tride...

9. Moving to San Diego

   Loloberry posted a topic in California

   Hi everyone! My husband is in the military and it looks as though we may be moving to SD next September. I love California as this is where I am originally from (I live in WA currently), but I'm really nervous about the job market. By the time we mov...

10. Is it ok to take a non-nursing job?

    Loloberry posted a topic in Career Support

    I am currently a new grad tele RN with about six months under my belt. My husband is active duty military and stationed in another state. Despite looking for jobs for almost a year where lives, I have found nothing. We have been apart for two and a h...

11. "Throwing Out" questions on a test

    Loloberry replied to DawnJ's topic in General Students

    We get questions thrown out all the time. We don't see grade inflation in our program though because if you got it right your grade actually goes down. It really kind of sucks. The people who got it wrong benefit while the people who got it right are...

12. Best place for a new grad in a rural area?

    Loloberry posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband is in the Navy and just got stationed at NAS Whidbey Island in Washington. I graduate in June and am starting to look more into job opportunities here. I am getting a little worried. As far as I can tell there aren't very many places to w...

13. Advice on where to do my practicum? Help!

    Loloberry replied to Loloberry's topic in General Students

    Thanks for your reply! I don't really expect to be hired in an ICU as a new grad, I just was thinking that it would be a really neat experience to have while I am still in school. I also feel pretty honored that I may get chosen for one of the few sp...

14. Advice on where to do my practicum? Help!

    Loloberry posted a topic in General Students

    During the last quarter of my ADN program (spring quarter) we have an integrative practicum where we are basically on the floor with a preceptor full time. I was told today that because of my grades and clinical performance I was one of the students ...

15. RCC ADN Fall 2011 Start

    Loloberry replied to darling2014's topic in Oregon

    First of all, congrats on getting in! My biggest piece of advice would be to make sure you get enough sleep. It is impossible to memorize every little detail that you are taught, but you can think your way through almost everything. If you aren't get...